Getting Jiggy With It

Time for the random fact of the day: music soothes the savage beast AND gets them in the moody for some frisky business. Take sharks for instance:

They might have a reputation as being fearsome killing machines but scientists have discovered that even the ocean's ultimate predator appreciates a decent tune.

A new study by German scientists has discovered that playing certain music to sharks gets them in the mood for mating.

Five Sea Life aquariums in Germany took part in a project to try and encourage their sharks to mate after a worrying reduction in the number of shark offspring.

Now after four weeks and two hours a day of different songs being beamed int othe aquarium the novel approach has had, erm, a positive effect on the shark's libido.

"We tried everything else and it didn't work, so we tried a new approach," said a spokesperson for the aquariums.

And what songs, pray tell, make sharks want to get it on? Let’s see here:

The top five songs to put sharks in a romantic mood were:

1. Salt'n Pepa -Push It
2. Joe Cocker - You Can Leave Your Hat On
3. James Last - Traumschiff (German version of Love Boat)
4. Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body
5. Bob Marley - No Woman, No Cry

Justin Timberlake should use this idea for his next big hit music video.